Resolutions
NGAT is a member-based organization and input from our members forms the basis of the NGAT legislative agenda. Our duty is to support the Texas National Guard by presenting resolutions to the National level to garner support and lobbying assistance. It is important that we keep our representatives informed on important issues facing the National Guard today.
EMAIL US AT RESOLUTIONS@NGAT.ORG
NGAT Resolutions Chairs
Chair: Paul Cerniauskas
Army Chair: Paul Cerniauskas
Air Chair: Nate Norton
Have an idea for a Resolution?
Contact the Resolutions committee to submit ideas that benefit Texas National Guard members, their families and retirees. Submit resolution ideas by email to resolutions@ngat.org.
Better yet—join the committee and lend your expertise to the Association and its members.
Current Status of NGAT Resolutions
NGAT DRAFT Resolution Backlog Status 9-2-24
NGAT Standing Resolution Status 9-2-24
NGAT Resolution Status as of 4-7-24
Update Notices
April 2024 Update
Sep 2024 Update
Resolution Committee Meeting Dates
The NGAT Resolutions Committee will meet this coming year on the follow dates and time.
To be announced soon
If you are a member of NGAT and would like to attend the Resolutions Committee meeting, please email resolutions@ngat.org with your name, email, and phone number to request an invitation. You will receive the invitation with the Microsoft Teams link.
NGAT Resolutions Documents
Forms coming soon
EMAIL us at: resolutions@ngat.org
Why Are Resolutions Important?
NGAT, NGAUS and EANGUS are member-based organizations; input from our members is instrumental in determining what direction we take in the coming years. Your input defines what issues are important. Our duty is to support the National Guard community by lobbying the Texas State Legislature and the United States Congress.
Through face-to-face engagement, letters, emails, and phone calls, we make sure that our representatives understand the important issues facing the National Guard today.
What is a Resolution?
A resolution is a legislative idea that a member or state would like NGAT to work on. If it is a state issue, NGAT will work with the Texas State Legislature. For federal issues, NGAT will work with NGAUS or EANGUS to make our voice heard. As a member-based organization, NGAT, NGAUS and EANGUS solicits proposed resolutions from its membership aimed at enhancing the National Guard, its equipment, capabilities and the quality of life for Soldiers, Airmen and their families.
Resolutions are categorized as Army, Air or Joint. Army and Air resolutions relate to missions or equipment under the purview of the Army and Air National Guard, while Joint resolutions relate to issues involving personnel and benefits, medical, and domestic operations.
Preparing a Draft Resolution
Coming soon.
Resolutions Update Sept 2024
Greetings to all! I hope that you and your families are well, and the summer was enjoyable for you all.
The resolutions process continues – the vital first step in how our associations – both at the state and national levels, establish our legislative agenda to make improvements for serving and retired Guardsmen and our families. At the national level, there were two annual conferences held for the Enlisted Association of the National Guard (EANGUS) 17-22 Aug 2024, and the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS), 23-26 Aug 2024. EANGUS is the enlisted association that focuses on improvements that affect individual Guardsmen. NGAUS is the officer association with resolutions that focus on equipment and organization.
EANGUS considered 28 resolutions and approved 22. Some of the resolutions approved by the EANGUS Resolutions effort include amending the junior enlisted pay raise, ensuring full military retirement pay for veterans with disabilities, military occupation compatibility with civilian certificates, safety equipment (personal beacon) provisioning for all service members, and automatic re-enrollment in TRICARE Reserve Select and current dental carrier.
The Resolution Committee at the NGAUS conference considered 82 resolutions, and passing 79 of them. The breakdown includes 35 joint resolutions, 22 Army resolutions, and 22 Air resolutions passed. Significant Joint resolutions are improvement to federal tuition assistance processing, changes to concurrent disability retirement pay, and Tricare for military technicians.
Army resolutions include improvements and upgrades to the UH 60 platform, aviation pay parity with active component, increased managed level of resource manning to 90% for aviation units, and modernization and sustainment of control humidity preservation sites.
Of significance for Air resolutions, the Texas-proposed resolution for federal funding for the C130 Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM, surface-to-air missile defense) passed!!! We approved that resolution at our recent NGAT conference. Multiple other states showed enthusiastic support for our proposed resolution. Texas is making an impact at the national level, and for that I thank you!
Keep offering up resolution ideas at resolutions@ngat.org. In your email, please include your idea as well as your name and contact information in case a NGAT Resolutions Committee member needs to reach out to you. Also, the online process to offer resolution ideas is coming soon.
Please see the NGAT Government Affairs updates regarding actions on the two state-level resolutions we passed at our recent March conference. Those three resolutions are now considered Standing Resolutions and can be viewed here: https://ngat.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NGAT-Standing-Resolution-Status_9-2-2024-1.pdf.
You can see the resolutions backlog for NGAT at this link: https://ngat.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NGAT-DRAFT-Resolution-Backlog-Status_9-2-2024-1.pdf. These are improvement ideas we are researching that could be NGAT resolutions in the future.
Final note – Help Wanted! If you want to join the Resolutions Committee, or if you want to help with a specific resolution, please reach out to us at resolutions@ngat.org. Your help will support the fundamental reason why we have our Association.
Thank you.
Regards,
Paul Cerniauskas
NGAT Resolutions Committee Chairman
NGAT Resolutions 2024 Information
Extending Federal Soldiers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to State Active Duty (SAD)
Employee Benefits to Guardsmen on State Active Duty
C130J Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measure (LAIRCM) System
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The National Guard Association of Texas (NGAT) appears before various state and national legislative committees to speak on behalf of the Soldiers and Airmen of the Texas Military Forces. This is why your membership is so important. The greater our membership numbers, the more influence NGAT can bring to the political decision-makers and continue the fight on top issues affecting you and your family. Join NGAT today and make a real difference in the fight for your benefits and your future as a member of the Texas Military Forces.
